The fusion of Asian and Middle-Eastern flavors and styles into western
music is not new. It can be traced back to the classical music of
Mozart, and definitely the operas of Pucini.
In the 1950's, however the fascination with international sounds found
a whole new home in in lounge music. Most of this music was cheesy
sounding and frequently mis-interpreted or mis-used international
sounds. In the 1960's the fusion of Jazz with with Indian tabla and sitar
informed the music of groups like Oregon and The Paul Winter Consort.ยทยท
All of this leads up to today where artists often take main-stream
styles and fuse them with international sounds and styles from around
the world. This week we take a journey through the fusion of international
sounds and styles of yesterday, to todays mainstream: A Virtual World
Fusion, on this weeks Cerebral Mix.
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